Altai City
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| Altai Алтай ᠠᠯᠲᠠᠢ |
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| Yesönbulag District Есөнбулаг сум ᠶ᠋ᠢᠰᠦᠨᠪᠤᠯᠠᠭᠰᠤᠮᠤ |
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 Altai
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| Country |  Mongolia |
| Province (aimag) | Govi-Altai |
| District (sum) | Yesönbulag |
| Elevation | 2,213 m (7,260 ft) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 15,492 |
| Area code(s) | +976 (0) 148 |
| Vehicle registration | ГА |
| Climate | BSk |
The city of Altai (Mongolian: Алтай) is the capital of the Govi-Altai province (aimag) in western Mongolia. The capital is officially named Yesönbulag sum. It is not to be confused with the separate sum also named Altai in the south of the aimag. City population is 15,800 (2008 est.[1])
Transportation
The Altai Airport (LTI / ZMAT) has one unpaved runway and is served by regular flights to Arvaikheer and Ulan Bator.
Climate
Altai has a subarctic climate (Köppen Dwc) with semi-arid influences.[citation needed] City experiences a long, dry, very cold winters and short, mild summers.
| Climate data for Altai | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 4.3 (39.7) |
8.2 (46.8) |
13.1 (55.6) |
21.6 (70.9) |
26.1 (79) |
31.6 (88.9) |
35.6 (96.1) |
29.3 (84.7) |
24.2 (75.6) |
21.8 (71.2) |
10.2 (50.4) |
6.5 (43.7) |
35.6 (96.1) |
| Average high °C (°F) | −11.2 (11.8) |
−7.5 (18.5) |
−1.7 (28.9) |
7.2 (45) |
13.3 (55.9) |
19.7 (67.5) |
21.8 (71.2) |
20.0 (68) |
14.0 (57.2) |
5.7 (42.3) |
−2.6 (27.3) |
−9.1 (15.6) |
5.8 (42.43) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −18.9 (−2) |
−15.0 (5) |
−8.7 (16.3) |
1.0 (33.8) |
7.4 (45.3) |
13.8 (56.8) |
16.1 (61) |
13.9 (57) |
7.6 (45.7) |
−0.7 (30.7) |
−9.5 (14.9) |
−16.1 (3) |
−0.76 (30.62) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −25.9 (−14.6) |
−22.4 (−8.3) |
−16.6 (2.1) |
−6.2 (20.8) |
0.3 (32.5) |
6.8 (44.2) |
9.6 (49.3) |
7.2 (45) |
0.8 (33.4) |
−7.1 (19.2) |
−16.4 (2.5) |
−22.8 (−9) |
−7.72 (18.09) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −40.8 (−41.4) |
−42.1 (−43.8) |
−36 (−33) |
−32.2 (−26) |
−16.6 (2.1) |
−9.1 (15.6) |
−1.3 (29.7) |
−2.6 (27.3) |
−17.2 (1) |
−26.5 (−15.7) |
−35.3 (−31.5) |
−40.2 (−40.4) |
−42.1 (−43.8) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 1.0 (0.039) |
1.8 (0.071) |
5.9 (0.232) |
10.1 (0.398) |
12.2 (0.48) |
27.7 (1.091) |
48.6 (1.913) |
40.7 (1.602) |
16.0 (0.63) |
7.5 (0.295) |
2.9 (0.114) |
1.5 (0.059) |
175.9 (6.924) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 0.2 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 2.7 | 4.6 | 7.3 | 6.6 | 3.2 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 32.5 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 201.1 | 208.3 | 252.2 | 260.6 | 308.9 | 298.5 | 293.2 | 290.2 | 272.4 | 246.1 | 199.6 | 184.8 | 3,015.9 |
| Source: NOAA (1961-1990) [2] | |||||||||||||
References
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Wikivoyage has a travel guide for [[Wikivoyage:Altai_(Mongolia)#Lua error in Module:Wikidata at line 863: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).|Altai_(Mongolia)]]. |
- ↑ Annual Report 2008. Govi-Altai Statistical Office.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
